HC Deb 07 July 1989 vol 156 cc319-23W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, further to his reply of 22 June,Official Report, column 232, concerning trainees who have left the employment training programme, what information is available about the qualifications they obtained on their courses.

Mr. Nicholls

[holding answer 4 July 1989]: Information is collected by Training Agency area offices from training managers about qualifications being studied for, and those achieved. The information is presently being used for the monitoring of individual schemes, and is not aggregated to area office or national level. Comprehensive information (including results received after the trainee has left the programme) will be available in due course at national and local level from a follow-up survey of trainees.

Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many agreed action plans have been drawn up at ET training agents on a monthly basis(a) nationally and (b) by training agency area, since September 1988.

Mr. Nicholls

[holding answer 3 July 1989]: The information requested is given in the table:

Agreed action plans
September 1988 October 1988 November 1988 December 1988 January 1989 February 1989 March 1989 April 1989 May 1989
Yorkshire & Humberside Region
Bradford, Calderdale & Kirklees 758 944 1,439 911 1,123 1,186 1,316 1,064 914
Humberside 858 821 791 847 949 970 938 874 727
North Yorkshire & Leeds 621 826 752 743 777 1,035 1,002 1,181 1,245
Sheffield & Rotherham 1,078 1,387 1,382 961 1,459 1,236 1,043 944 994
Wakefield, Doncaster & Barnsley 861 1,154 1,296 990 1,501 1,547 1,265 1,084 1,144
North West Region
Cheshire 809 826 901 588 773 951 699 605 574
Cumbria 267 280 406 269 315 377 373 264 182
Lancashire 937 1,050 955 943 1,090 1,164 1,279 1,151 899
Central Manchester 597 685 945 936 954 984 837 832 639
Greater Manchester North 395 699 711 423 821 834 894 810 685
Greater Manchester East 484 904 784 468 604 875 913 713 644
Merseyside 630 1,386 1,715 1,504 1,995 2,315 2,220 2,060 1,671
Northern Region
Cleveland 1,404 1,229 1,141 799 1,624 1,764 1,503 1,261 1,222
County Durham 1,027 894 077 626 1,014 1,254 1,060 1,022 917
Northumberland, North Tyneside & Newcastle 602 962 1,104 849 1,086 1,258 1,275 962 1,006
Sunderland, South Tyneside & Gateshead 1,356 1,266 1,325 1,323 1,349 1,536 1,488 1,371 1,182
Wales
Dyfed & West Glamorgan 524 759 922 749 909 930 949 879 855
Gwent 268 348 536 282 747 774 681 331 516
Gwynned, Clwyd & Powys 309 458 545 546 573 679 497 514 486
Mid & South Glamorgan 826 935 1,073 856 951 1,302 1,301 899 893
Scotland
Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway 550 706 895 832 802 1,003 826 645 675
Central & Fife 429 459 710 603 594 832 573 529 567
Glasgow City 828 958 1,263 1,160 1,178 1,163 1,915 1,430 1,186
Grampian & Tayside 937 817 825 726 918 1,018 1,267 784 748
Highlands & Islands 158 207 301 351 397 400 308 220 190
Lanarkshire 301 649 710 480 639 800 883 688 567
Lothian & Borders 604 766 1,269 757 805 824 940 594 645
Renfrew, Dumbarton & Argyll 339 397 607 576 770 1,000 1,122 858 714

Note: Some months show no agreed action plans because of computer difficulties. Action plans agreed in these months are recorded in subsequent months.

Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many starts have been undertaken at ET training managers on a monthly basis(a) nationally and(b) by training agency area, since September 1988.

Starts with ET training managers: September 1988 to May 1989
Sept. 1988 Oct. 1988 Nov. 1988 Dec. 1988 Jan. 1989 Feb. 1989 March 1989 April 1989 May 1989
Great Britain 21,462 31,083 35,213 28,867 36,698 43,946 42,157 36,313 29,953
South East Region
Berkshire and Oxfordshire 106 207 156 182 320 360 277 304 155
Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire 230 308 243 224 300 323 332 384 170
Essex 155 246 326 286 355 432 372 377 280
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 444 488 457 423 444 427 388 470 360
Kent 259 429 475 336 503 498 365 322 273
Surrey 121 131 106 68 125 88 71 113 73
Sussex 218 241 224 188 259 343 316 370 260
London Region
Inner London North 820 1,159 948 712 1,314 1,090 1,115 927 770
Inner London South 404 491 540 454 639 572 756 675 456
London East 268 382 432 329 488 453 487 381 339
London North 730 565 602 533 655 664 848 566 583
London South 116 202 216 179 404 390 295 360 216
London West 16S 258 372 198 302 263 283 177 187
South West Region
Avon 156 329 385 339 437 480 506 502 394
Devon and Cornwall 494 783 1,003 833 1,178 1,269 1,139 842 714
Dorset and Somerset 193 355 326 363 259 372 375 343 265

Mr. Nicholls

[holding answer 3 July 1989]: The information requested is given in the table:

Sept. 1988 Oct. 1988 Nov. 1988 Dec. 1988 Jan. 1989 Feb. 1989 March 1989 April 1989 May 1989
Gloucester and Wiltshire 232 257 309 207 274 357 329 284 333
West Midlands Region
Birmingham and Solihull 465 1,190 1,237 1,051 1,377 1,739 1,576 1,437 1,016
Coventry and Warwickshire 334 378 448 320 423 549 574 559 405
Dudley and Sandwell 480 521 444 436 705 627 537 521 531
Staffordshire 383 589 640 552 681 758 851 603 444
The Marches, Hereford and Worcester 318 419 448 489 558 630 616 460 431
Wolverhampton and Walsall 490 636 612 455 576 741 769 537 441
East Midlands and Eastern Region
Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire 212 373 376 286 382 330 284 295 223
Derbyshire 358 594 620 386 540 680 597 574 423
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire 274 472 465 358 534 653 634 572 385
Lincolnshire 168 186 196 205 232 266 244 218 212
Norfolk and Suffolk 403 460 544 466 500 797 647 617 544
Nottinghamshire 356 643 659 501 762 837 821 786 648
Yorkshire and Humberside Region
Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees 454 706 1,135 873 877 1,067 1,038 911 780
Humberside 975 1,127 949 828 1,060 1,112 1,059 906 781
North Yorkshire and Leeds 353 715 992 755 1,059 1,033 866 941 852
Sheffield and Rotherham 679 1,187 1,310 1,079 1,268 1,489 1,339 1,137 823
Wakefield, Doncaster and Barnsley 513 788 1,123 867 1,188 1,405 1,073 955 876
North West Region
Cheshire 463 897 697 451 605 749 657 532 479
Cumbria 117 162 283 208 290 395 301 266 208
Lancashire 599 891 882 797 960 1,224 1,093 909 676
Central Manchester 545 738 899 608 828 1,051 866 923 770
Greater Manchester North 323 541 646 523 602 759 717 616 521
Greater Manchester East 363 596 660 426 477 643 800 664 548
Merseyside 619 1,137 1,477 1,132 1,694 2,234 2,034 1,859 1,640
Northern Region
Cleveland 718 904 1,138 802 1,074 1,555 1,400 1,072 859
County Durham 618 857 804 596 797 1,145 1,067 810 740
Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle 353 455 707 613 789 868 814 880 707
Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead 706 1,003 997 884 977 1,204 1,384 1,058 924
Wales
Dyfed and West Glamorgan 479 586 945 698 819 915 968 918 743
Gwent 193 268 329 267 458 634 440 522 352
Gwynned, Clwyd and Powys 277 430 491 520 606 729 664 593 438
Mid and South Glamorgan 432 683 885 687 1,017 1,369 1,157 910 747
Scotland
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 306 303 373 442 461 597 573 565 439
Central and Fife 344 337 497 478 514 710 686 402 368
Glasgow City 476 574 704 740 733 1,086 1,308 969 802
Grampian and Tayside 398 382 617 380 453 668 742 481 492
Highlands and Islands 46 72 84 86 121 200 208 190 191
Lanarkshire 214 483 576 537 452 677 860 653 480
Lothian and Borders 394 683 787 679 601 782 924 553 723
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll 153 286 417 552 392 658 715 542 463